Deuteronomy 10:20

10:20 Revere the Lord your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.

Deuteronomy 30:20

30:20 I also call on you to love the Lord your God, to obey him and be loyal to him, for he gives you life and enables you to live continually in the land the Lord promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Romans 6:13

6:13 and do not present your members to sin as instruments to be used for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments to be used for righteousness.

Romans 6:1

The Believer’s Freedom from Sin’s Domination

6:1 What shall we say then? Are we to remain in sin so that grace may increase?

Colossians 1:17

1:17 He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.


tn The words “I also call on you” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text vv. 19-20 are one long sentence, which the translation divides into two.

tn Heb “he is your life and the length of your days to live.”

tn Or “weapons, tools.”

tn Or “wickedness, injustice.”

tn Or “weapons, tools.”

tn BDAG 973 s.v. συνίστημι B.3 suggests “continue, endure, exist, hold together” here.